'This Is the End' and 'Jack Irish' out on Blu-ray and DVD

This week's biggest title is the star-studded "This Is the End," which marks the directorial debut of Seth Rogen. Joining it is the mystery series "Jack Irish," starring Guy Pearce.

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"This Is the End," Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 107 minutes, Rated R for

From left, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill in a scene from "This Is The End." Sony Pictures

crude and sexual content throughout, brief graphic nudity, pervasive language, drug use and some violence -- While visiting Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel attends a party at James Franco's house. Everyone -- including Jonah Hill, Emma Watson, Michael Cera, and Craig Robinson -- to name just a few is there and having a great time when the rapture takes place and the Apocalypse begins. Now, Jay and Seth and their friends must try to survive the end of the world and figure out if there's a place for them in heaven. There are some laughs, but given the star power, one might have expected a better script. Worth mentioning is that Rogen co-wrote the screenplay and co-directed. Bonus materials include a commentary and two featurettes.

Gwyneth Paltrow is Pepper Potts, and Robert Downey Jr. is Tony Stark in "Iron Man 3." Walt Disney Home Video

13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence throughout, and brief suggestive content -- In this third go-round, Tony Stark's (Robert Downey Jr.) past catches up with him in a big way. Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce), whom Stark had spurned years earlier in a business deal, reappears as the head of a high-tech company at the same time the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) begins a series of terror attacks against the U.S. There's a great deal going on here and it's definitely worth a look. Also, there's an extra scene at the end of the credits. In addition to that scene, bonus materials include a behind-the-scenes look at Marvel's "Thor: The Dark World," a gag reel, deleted and extended scenes and audio commentary with Drew Pearce and Shane Black

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"The Frozen Ground," Lions Gate Home Video, 105 minutes, Rated R forviolent content, sexuality/nudity, language and drug use -- Cindy (Vanessa Hudgens) claims to have escaped from Robert Hansen (John Cusack), who was trying to kill her. Although no one believes Cindy's story, it piques the curiosity of Alaskan state trooper Jack Holcombe (Nicolas Cage). Eventually, Holcombe comes to believe that Hansen is a serial killer who abducts young women, tortures and assaults them and then kills them. However, getting proof to support his hunch and justify a search warrant is going to be trickier than Holcombe ever imagined. It's an engrossing film based on true events. Special features include deleted scenes, interviews and commentary.

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"Treasure Guards" Monarch Home Video, 95 minutes, Not rated -- This made-for TV film focuses on archaeologist Victoria Carter (Anna Friel) who discovers a clue to the long lost "Ring of Solomon," which according to legend, was given by God himself to Solomon. Needing funds and support, she turns to the Vatican where Father Angelo (Raoul Bova), a treasure guard, is assigned to her case. The film has the look and feel, if not the scope, of an Indiana Jones adventure. No extras.

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"Morning," Starz/Anchor Bay, 95 minutes, Rated R for a scene of sexuality -- The film follows a couple (Jeanne Tripplehorn and Leland Orser) in the days immediately following the accidental death of their child. The film shows them trying a number a ways to express their grief without ever really talking to each other. It's a difficult film to watch because it is so honest. The supporting cast includes Laura Linney, Kyle Chandler and Elliott Gould. No extras.

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Best of the rest:

"Fright Night 2: New Blood" -- A high school teacher, who is secretly a vampire, takes a group of students to Romania;

"100 Bloody Acres" -- Two brothers run a fertilizer business that relies on a secret ingredient that's getting more difficult to find;

"Dead Before Dawn" -- A group of college students unleashes a curse that causes people to kill themselves and turn into zombie-demons;

"The Croods" -- After their cave is destroyed, a prehistoric family travels through an unfamiliar world with the help of a boy;

This week's Blu-ray special has to be the new "Jack Irish" series from Acorn Media. Guy Pearce stars as the former lawyer who has reinvented himself as a private detective and debt collector The two-disc set ($39.95) contains two feature-length mysteries - "Bad Debts" and "Black Tide" - as well as a 17-minute behind-the-scenes featurette.

Also from Acorn comes the seventh and eighth series of "Agatha Christie's Poirot." The two-disc set on Blu-ray ($49.99) contains four mysteries - "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd," "Lord Edgware Dies," "Murder in Mesopotamia" and "Evil Under the Sun." All four feature David Suchet as the Belgian sleuth who takes great pride in his little gray cells.

Warner is releasing two very different films on Blu-ray. The first is King Vidor's "The Big Parade" ($27.98). John Gilbert and Renee Adoree star is this take of love and war, about the son of a rich businessman who joins the army when the U.S enters World War I. Sent to France, he falls in love with a Frenchwoman, but has to leave her when he's sent to the front. This was the highest grossing silent film of all time until "The Artist" was released last year.

Also out is the classic film "House of Wax" ($39.99) starring Vincent Price, which changed the course of Price's career and cemented his status as a horror icon.

Finally, you can pick up the second season of "New Girl" (three discs, $39.99), the eighth season of "How I Met Your Mother" (three discs, $39.99). While nostalgia buffs can grab the third season of "Petticoat Junction" and the fourth season of "The Beverly Hillbillies" ($19.96 each).